Bringing Your Senior on Vacation

Bringing Your Senior on Vacation

Taking a break from the doldrums of everyday life is important for restoring your body and brain. Many Americans travel to a favorite destination once a year to rest and relax and restore their energy. If vacations are a big part of your yearly calendar, many of your best family memories have probably been made…

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How to Help Seniors Declutter Their Homes

Help Seniors Declutter

The older you get it seems the more stuff you collect. With each passing year, more presents, cards, tokens from events, and other sentimental items fall into your possession. It’s no wonder by the time you hit your 80-somethings that you could easily have many areas of your home, if not many rooms in your…

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How to Provide Long Distance Senior Care

Long Distance Senior Care

Providing Long Distance Senior Care Caring for your aging parent is stressful. This stress doubles when you are a long distance caregiver. You will come across unique challenges when you provide long distance senior care. The good news, however, is that you are not alone. According to the MetLife National Alliance for Caregiving Report 15% of people…

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Reduce Your Risk of Dementia Today

Reduce Your Risk of Dementia

Research shows that dementia affects approximately 50 million people globally. A syndrome resulting from disease in the brain, it involves a decline in memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language and judgement. Tragically, the number of people struggling with dementia today is expected to triple within the next thirty years. With 10 million new cases…

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Early Warning Signs for Needing Mobility Equipment

Warning Signs for Needing Mobility Equipment

As we get older, we face a number of different potential problems. It is our responsibility to keep a careful eye on our parents and our loved ones to ensure that they get the support that they need. Often, older people do not like to admit that they are struggling. This is because they feel…

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